{"id":48400,"date":"2022-04-14T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=48400"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T04:06:08","slug":"found-in-translation-common-mistakes-in-chinese-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/found-in-translation-common-mistakes-in-chinese-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48400\" class=\"elementor elementor-48400\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p>This is the first in the two talks on common mistakes in language use in Hong Kong, where translation mainly involves Chinese and English. We can learn considerably about Chinese usage from translation examples naturally occurring in our surroundings, especially the mistakes found in or caused by translation. Issues in language usage are particularly noticeable when we translate. Let&#8217;s explore together what we can learn from translation on the Chinese side of the story!<\/p><p><strong>Date\uff1a<\/strong>14 May 2022 (Saturday)<br \/><strong>Time\uff1a<\/strong>11:00am \u2013 12:00 noon<br \/><strong>Speaker\uff1a<\/strong>Mr William CHE<br \/>Lecturer, School of Translation and Foreign Languages<br \/><strong>Language:<\/strong> Cantonese, supplemented with English<br \/><strong>Delivery mode:<\/strong> Online via Zoom<br \/><strong>Registration:<\/strong> please click<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=U5WBpSxDh0-qAVbaEazFVcpISnpypvtDkudu5TVTbqNUQ1ZDNTFVMEM3OVk1TlpaNThUTEY0UDlERy4u&amp;web=1&amp;wdLOR=c7A646059-C447-45C7-AFE1-D1D1108D7295\"> here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>(Meeting link will be sent to successful registrants one day before the public lecture.)<\/p><p>All are welcome to join! HSUHK students who join the talk will be accorded 1 ECA hour\/1 iGPS unit.<\/p><p>For enquiries, please contact us by stfl@hsu.edu.hk or 3963 5490.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1267d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1267d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online-1140x1613.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Found in Translation: Common Mistakes in Chinese Usage\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online-1140x1613.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Poster-14-May-online.png 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the first in the two talks on common mistakes in language use in Hong Kong, where translation mainly involves Chinese and English. 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